Favolaschia rotundipora Q. Y. Zhang, H. Zhao & Y. C. Dai 2026, sp. nov.

Favolaschia rotundipora Q. Y. Zhang, H. Zhao & Y. C. Dai sp. nov. Fig. 3 Type. China, Hainan Province, National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, Jianfengling, dead bamboo culm, 18.699491, 108.869944, elevation: 755 m, 12 Jul 2026, collected by Heng Zhao, Dai 40361 (BJFC 065184, holotype). Etymology. “ Rotundipora ” (Lat.): refers to the species having round pores. Macrostructures. Basidiomata annual, gregarious, gelatinous when fresh and dry. Pilei 3–7 × 2–5 mm, reniform, flabelliform, semicircular or elliptical; pileal surface white to pale gray when fresh, light gray upon drying, convex with a reticulate pattern matching the pores below, faintly pruinose when dry; margin straight, entire; context thin. Hymenophore paler than pileal surface, grayish-white when fresh and off-white when dry, poroid, about 17–90 pores per basidiomata; mature pores 0.6–1.5 mm diam., rounded, larger near the base and smaller near the edge, the marginal pores often incomplete; tubes up to 0.2 mm long. Stipe present or absent, paler than pileal surface, laterally attached, short, tapering to a slightly swollen base, 0–2.5 mm. Microstructures. Basidiospores (5.6 –) 6–8.9 (– 9.2) × (4.5 –) 4.7–7.5 (– 7.6) µm, L = 7.44 μm, W = 5.82 μm, Q = 1.27–1.29 (n = 60 / 2), broadly ellipsoid, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, with one big or some small guttules, faintly IKI +, CB –. Basidia 22–36 × 8–12 μm, barrel-shaped to pyriform, often tapering gradually toward the base, with some guttules, 2–4 – spored, sterigmata 4–9 μm long; basidioles subclavate or pyriform, slightly smaller than basidia. Gloeocystidia and acanthocystidia absent. Pileipellis hyphae interwoven, smooth to diverticulate, thin-walled, swollen, up to 8.0 µm diam.; terminal cells cystidioid or irregularly tubular, flexuous, with constrictions or diverticulate projections on the sides and at the apex. Tramal hyphae subparallel along tubes, widely spaced in a gelatinous matrix, occasionally with dense contents, thin-walled, 2–4 μm diam. Hyphae in stipe parallel along stipe, some swollen, slightly thick-walled, 2–5 µm diam. Clamp connections present. Additional specimen examined. China, Hainan Province, National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, Limushan, dead bamboo culm, 19.165119, 109.750721, elevation: 623 m, 15 Jul 2026, collected by Heng Zhao, Dai 40362 (BJFC 065185). Distribution and ecology. Favolaschia rotundipora is distributed in tropical area of Hainan Province, China; it grows on dead bamboo and causes a white rot.

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Favolaschia rotundipora Q. Y. Zhang, H. Zhao & Y. C. Dai 2026, sp. nov.

Hongyun Zhao, An-Hong Zhu, Yi-Wei Yuan, Qiu-Yue Zhang et al.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
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Favolaschia rotundipora Q. Y. Zhang, H. Zhao & Y. C. Dai 2026, sp. nov.

Hongyun Zhao, An-Hong Zhu, Yi-Wei Yuan, Qiu-Yue Zhang, Feng-Ming Shi, YU-HAN CAO, Zi-Yan Wan, Qing-Fan Wu, Xiu-Xin Mu
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Favolaschia rotundipora Q. Y. Zhang, H. Zhao & Y. C. Dai sp. nov. Fig. 3 Type. China, Hainan Province, National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, Jianfengling, dead bamboo culm, 18.699491, 108.869944, elevation: 755 m, 12 Jul 2026, collected by Heng Zhao, Dai 40361 (BJFC 065184, holotype). Etymology. “ Rotundipora ” (Lat.): refers to the species having round pores. Macrostructures. Basidiomata annual, gregarious, gelatinous when fresh and dry. Pilei 3–7 × 2–5 mm, reniform, flabelliform, semicircular or elliptical; pileal surface white to pale gray when fresh, light gray upon drying, convex with a reticulate pattern matching the pores below, faintly pruinose when dry; margin straight, entire; context thin. Hymenophore paler than pileal surface, grayish-white when fresh and off-white when dry, poroid, about 17–90 pores per basidiomata; mature pores 0.6–1.5 mm diam., rounded, larger near the base and smaller near the edge, the marginal pores often incomplete; tubes up to 0.2 mm long. Stipe present or absent, paler than pileal surface, laterally attached, short, tapering to a slightly swollen base, 0–2.5 mm. Microstructures. Basidiospores (5.6 –) 6–8.9 (– 9.2) × (4.5 –) 4.7–7.5 (– 7.6) µm, L = 7.44 μm, W = 5.82 μm, Q = 1.27–1.29 (n = 60 / 2), broadly ellipsoid, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, with one big or some small guttules, faintly IKI +, CB –. Basidia 22–36 × 8–12 μm, barrel-shaped to pyriform, often tapering gradually toward the base, with some guttules, 2–4 – spored, sterigmata 4–9 μm long; basidioles subclavate or pyriform, slightly smaller than basidia. Gloeocystidia and acanthocystidia absent. Pileipellis hyphae interwoven, smooth to diverticulate, thin-walled, swollen, up to 8.0 µm diam.; terminal cells cystidioid or irregularly tubular, flexuous, with constrictions or diverticulate projections on the sides and at the apex. Tramal hyphae subparallel along tubes, widely spaced in a gelatinous matrix, occasionally with dense contents, thin-walled, 2–4 μm diam. Hyphae in stipe parallel along stipe, some swollen, slightly thick-walled, 2–5 µm diam. Clamp connections present. Additional specimen examined. China, Hainan Province, National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, Limushan, dead bamboo culm, 19.165119, 109.750721, elevation: 623 m, 15 Jul 2026, collected by Heng Zhao, Dai 40362 (BJFC 065185). Distribution and ecology. Favolaschia rotundipora is distributed in tropical area of Hainan Province, China; it grows on dead bamboo and causes a white rot.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CN), Nanjing Forestry University (CN), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Coconut Research Institute (CN), Institute of Applied Ecology (CN), State Forestry and Grassland Administration (CN)
Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
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